Embedded system having multiple data receiving channels

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EP 1 347 597 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	10.03.2004 Bulletin 2004/11

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	24.09.2003 Bulletin 2003/39

(21)	Application number: 03251009.1

(22)	Date of filing: 19.02.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H04L 12/18, H04L 12/56

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO

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Priority:

11.03.2002 US 95191

(71)	Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Company
	Palo Alto, CA 94304 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	Fidler, Mark W. Granite Bay, CA 95746 (US) Smith, David B. Loomis, CA 95650 (US) Holmes, John R, Rocklin, CA 95677 (US)

(74)	Representative: Jackson, Richard Eric et al
	Carpmaels & Ransford, 43 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB)

(54)	Embedded system having multiple data receiving channels

(57) An embedded system (10) in a communication network (120 includes a memory (20) for storing data received from the communication network, and a media access controller (16) for determining whether the data received from the communication network is broadcast data or non-broadcast data. A data controller (18) is also provided in the embedded system (10) and includes a first channel (23) for storing a predetermined amount of broadcast data received from the communication network in the memory (20), and a second channel (21) for storing non-broadcast data in the memory.

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